Atleti bordered on ridicule in Elche and suffered another day in the VAR office
slapstick. Atleti arrived at Elche with the reluctance, contempt and disinterest of a team that had a 10-point lead in the League with two games to go, or as if it had just finished the hangover of winning the Copa del Rey. Like the game wasn’t with him, like second place wasn’t at stake, like the game was a nuisance or a summer gig. It was an Atleti “in”. Inadmissible, ineffable, indefensible, ineffable and infamous. He was slow, predictable, lazy, laid-back, and as a bonus, once again flirted with his endemic evil, the most excruciating of all: lack of strength..
Atleti had a lead against an evicted team. Another problem, which does not serve as an alibi or excuse, was the arbitration. Another day at the office. Atleti earned nothing. Zero. The problem is that it is a mistake to normalize and live with the nonsense of referees in every match. a rude One we often make. And above all (mea culpa), the journalists. Look, they will more or less like it, but Atleti were scandalously harmed. In Elche’s goal, there is an earlier foul on Koke regardless of Gbric’s pick. It was not rated. Things got worse when Badia, Elche’s goalkeeper, knocked down Giménez in the area. The Uruguayan remained on the ground, absolutely KO. The “cracker” of the VOR room voiced that of “pasapalabra” and decided that everything was fine. This is how Spanish referees spend them, the highest paid in Europe, the one who brags about his success rate and the one who falsifies the competition day after day, without pretense or blush. The system, patronage, corporatist and indecent, adds and continues.
Atleti earned nothing in Elche and completed one of those games where thousands of fans thought the players should have walked back to Madrid. The problem is that Atleti, even if they’ve played totally poorly, don’t deserve a disastrous arbitration and especially a man who falls asleep in the VAR room and who capriciously decides that when Giménez is completely out in the area, that’s absolutely there nothing happened. By playing so badly, Atleti earn nothing. The problem is that this can be openly acknowledged and later denounced the abusive and cowardly use of this VAR system, which is more false than the Eurovision Song Contest.
There are those who believe that the best thing Atleti can do is forget about this match. Wrong. It should not be forgotten. It should be borne in mind not to forget three fundamental things: first, that Atleti continue to need level reinforcements; Second, that every time Griezmann doesn’t work, Atleti stop and it is precisely for this reason that they have to find new game formulas; And third, most importantly, Atleti cannot keep silent and swallow with the current VAR system, which is downright embarrassing. The club must revolt, fight and demand change towards a guaranteed, efficient and fairer system.
Reuben Uria
Source: Goal